Personal Memories of Baseball.

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I have to admit that I am a fan of losers. In the MLB I follow the Indians and the Cubs.

Today the Cubs come to Cincy to play the Reds in a day/night double header. For years the Cubs came to play the Reds in a traditional double header right around the All-Star break. It was also around my birthday (and no I no longer recognize those). My Dad would take a day off from managing the family business. We would go to see the games and go out to dinner. The games were at Crosley Field. It became a great tradition that we looked forward to every year.

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Don’t expect the NFL Draft to move back to April anytime soon.

NFL Draft (2)

The NFL owns August through early February by virtue of the season and playoffs. It owned March and April with free agency and the draft in previous years. This year the NFL used an excuse of the venue being scheduled requiring a move to May 8-10th. That did not happen. Why would any venue, even one as well known as Radio City Music Hall, schedule something to conflict with a hugely popular event like the NFL draft? They wouldn’t.

The show that was supposedly scheduled was canceled but the NFL had already set the date for May.

Here is the truth. The NFL wanted to take May back from Major League Baseball. The draft is the best way to do that. The anticipation prior to the draft will keep sports talk shows talking about the NFL. I am lucky because since NNR started on the air in January of 2011, after week 5 all the Browns fans want to talk about is the NFL Draft.

The NFL will also dominate talk for the rest of May due to discussions of what teams did and should have done. The league has stolen May from MLB and has no desire Read more at FryingPanSports

A memory of my Dad

Dad being awarded his Military Hall of Fame metal

My Dad being awarded his Military Hall of Fame metal.

As many of my regular listeners know, my Dad passed away on this date a couple of years ago.  One of my thousands of fond memories of him revolved around my birthday and the baseball All Star game.

 

Every year from the time I was 10 until I graduated high school at 17 Dad and I would go to a Cubs-Reds double header that was always around my birthday and just before the All Star break.  I was the only one in a Cubs cap.  The Reds were always better and beat the Cubs with ease.  In part that is what prepared me to be a Cleveland Sports fan.  Somehow I always cheer for the losers.

 

After the games we would go to a restaurant and have a good meal.  While we were always very close, this time together during a work day seemed to be special to me.

 

While this post may seem a bit self-serving, I ask your indulgence.  My point here is that we never know as parents what will sick in the minds of our children.  It is also that when a parent … Read more at FryingPanSports

Tonight on the radio version of News, Notes and Rumors

 

Cleveland sports legend Bob Karlovec joins us to talk about the Browns Mini-camps, NBA Playoffs and the Indians road trip.

 

Eric Frenz, B/R AFC East feature writer joins us to talk about the Pats and the Jets.

 

I want to issue a special thank you to former Buckeyes James Cotton, Gary Berry, and Joe Cooper for their help in our very successful fund raiser at Roosters Saturday.  All three will be on the show in the next few weeks.

 

 

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Tonight on the radio version of News, Notes and Rumors

 

Evan Weiner, sports writer for NewJerseyNewsroom.com joins us to talk about his most recent article Is high school football an endangered species?  .

 

Tim Bielik beat writer on the Browns and Buckeyes from the Loraine Morning Journal joins us to talk about the upcoming seasons for both.

 

Chris Rolling feature writer on the Bengals for the Bleacher Report joins us to talk about the Cincy draft and plans for 2012.

 

Samantha Bunten, co-host of https://www.blogtalkradio.com:443/wrestlingperspectivenetwork joins us to talk about the Browns draft and the Indians fast start to 2012.

 

 

Our NNR Sportsims.net football league will start in June.  The league is free to our listeners and readers.  Email me at [email protected] to register.  The draft order will be determined by the date of registration.

 

 

NNR at 6PM EDT follows the Moohead show at 5PM on http://mooheadradio.com/2.0/.  Press the Green arrow at 6 for NNR.

 

 

The archive of the show is available the following day at https://fryingpansports.com/radio-show/.

 

Be part of the show by calling our SportSims.com hotline at 216-539-0607.

 

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Tonight on the radio version of News, Notes and Rumors

 Tony Williams, Giants and Knicks beat writer for the Metro New York Paper joins us to talk about the NFC East draft and the Knicks playoff run.

Dave Kay, basketball editor for waterfootball.com joins us to talk about the NBA Draft and the playoffs.

Samantha Bunten feature writer for the Bleacher Report on the Browns and Indians joins us to talk about the Browns draft and Indians start to the season.

NOTE:  There will be no NNR show tomorrow.  Join us again on Monday, May 7th for our regular schedule.

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Join Mr. Moohead  on after early Cavs games for his post-game chat.

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Bill Smith is a former coach of several semi-pro teams, has officiated both football and basketball, done color on radio for college football and basketball and has scouted talent. He edits https://fryingpansports.com and was a senior writer for .  He has also published several novels on and a non-fiction work at http://www.merriam-press.com/Read more at FryingPanSports